Serene Sympathy

It's my first time joining in Becky Oheler's Challenges...using a video and giving specific matting and colors. The goal for me is to use my Papertrey Ink stamps and find easier card formats to put together a card more quickly with less fuss and still have the impact I desire. So, I made this with a PTI set and used versamark ink and white pearl embossing powder. A happy "mistake" is there was some enchanted evening blue ink on my leaf that hadn't all been cleaned off before I stamped in the versamark...giving subltle blue hues and sheen to the leaves. The top was scored twice and a simple cream taffeta ribbon tied for ease of mailing. The ribbon was supposed to be blue but I didn't have any which matched, even with my copics to color, so I just kept with simple cream. The combination is stunning, enchanted evening and soft stone cardstock...I love it!!

Tell me, what do you think of this as a sympathy card...would you prefer the colors be lighter for the base and more embellishment? I am beginning a swap and need to make quite a few sympathy cards...so I would appreciate your thoughts on this.

Thanks for stopping by...have a blessed day!

Simple but Heartfelt Sympathy

When making a sympathy card, I like to keep the card simple in layout and classic in design...I have to credit my good friend, Pat Smethers, for inspiring me with this set, Thoughts and Prayers from SU. Her colors were pinks, but I wanted to use blues, so I switched to a brocade blue. The corners are wrapped in silk taffeta with tiny pearl adornments. The roses are paper and add a bit of dimension.

I hope the recipient finds some comfort with knowing that others care and are praying for them!

Have a blessed day! Thank you for stopping by~

What's the Weather like where you live???

As I've mentioned more than a few times (anyone tired of hearing of our weather??) the weather here has been snowy...like setting records. Today's challenge on SCS by Judy (Joy in a Jar) was to make a card depicting the weather. I had made this card front a little while ago practicing the brayered sky look. It just seemed plain, so I had never done anything with it.

Today when I was flipping through my blue cardstock, I found a card front with this Irish blessing script already stamped, another discard. I decided to use my Top Note die on the script cardfront, and then played around with it and decided to put it on the side with the moon peeking out behind it.

Well, you put two discards together, and you get one pretty decent card. I really like it when that happens, as I don't like anything to be wasted. So, this is what I came up with and it will most likely be used as a sympathy card.

I hope you enjoy it, and hope you are able to use your discards today!! Thanks again for stopping by...

And really, what's the weather like at your house today???